'From the beginning of the course, and at regular intervals, students at both SL and HL are required to maintain a theatre journal. This is the students’ own record of their two years of study and should be used to record: 

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• challenges and achievements 
• creative ideas 
• critical analysis and experience of live theatre productions as a spectator 
• detailed evaluations experiences as a creator, designer, director and performer 
• feedback 
• reflections 
• research 
• responses to work seen 
• responses to diverse stimuli 
• skills acquisition and development. 

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Students should be encouraged to find the most appropriate ways of recording their development and have free choice in deciding what form the journal should take. The content of the journal should focus specifically on an analysis of learning experiences, rather than being simply a record of triumphs or an exhaustive chronicle of everything the student experiences in theatre. Although elements of the journal may be selected, adapted and presented for assessment, the journal itself is not directly assessed or moderated. It is, however, regarded as a fundamental activity of the course, developing the student’s ability to record research, process and reflection, skills that are required in all assessment tasks.'

(the DP Theatre Guide, p.19 and 20)